AU researcher’s animal studies create stir in science magazines
Doctoral candidate Theo Manno's research on free-ranging, wild Columbian ground squirrels in Alberta, Canada, has found some parallels with human social activity. The study, published in the journal "Animal Behavior" and featured in the magazines "Discovery News" and "New Scientist," could have implications for policy affecting management of natural resources, said Manno, a student in the Department of Biological Sciences. Expanding upon studies by Stephen Dobson, a professor in the College of Sciences and Mathematics, Manno observed the interaction of a colony of 65 ground squirrels in a nature park in the western Canada province from April-July 2006 and ran the results through a computer model. The model ran on software known as UCINET, which has been used by scientists in a variety of disciplines to identify networks on the Internet and among airline hubs as well as social connections among animals and even among humans. Manno confirmed that ground squirrels are social animals and found that their social groups have some of the same characteristics as those of humans. To read the story, see http://wireeagle.auburn.edu/news/361.
Tags: biological sciences, COSAM, research
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